# Incident 20170716014469I: Piper PA-32R-300, Cahokia, IL, July 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5704° N, 90.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (CPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5704&lon=-90.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170716014469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INCIDENT PILOT STATED HE DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE BLADE TIPS OF THE PROPELLER AFTER COMPLETING A TWO-HOUR FLIGHT WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT A SECOND AIRPORT (KSIK). PILOT STATES THAT HE HAS NO IDEA HOW THE BLADE TIPS WERE DAMAGED. INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AND SAW THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TO 3/8 INCHES OF EACH TIP OF THE TWO-BLADED PROPELLER WAS BENT FORWARD ABOUT 90 DEGREES TO THE NORMAL CONFIGURATION. INSPECTORS COULD FIND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AND OBSERVED THAT NOSEGEAR STRUT INFLATION APPEARED TO BE NORMAL FOR AN AIRPLANE OF THIS TYPE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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